Category: Road Life

What Life on the road as a truck driver is really like!

Starting to…..

by RoachKiller

Understand why I got the fuck out of there! That’s there best of the best….. cus the actual best left! Mid driver of the year…..

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What a fucking…..

by RoachKiller

Day! Thank goodness I bought those rain jackets! Cus today was the day for them!

Non stop! Had to bypass 1 stop as the road was shut down every which way to the place!

Over all it was a good day! Had fun, minus pulling into the school to unload. Finding out it was a 2 hour delay! So I had a gaggle of school kids to contend with!

But it’s Friday and I’m tired! I earned my keep this week…..

Added bonus, I only had to break down 2 pallets today! Oddly everyone got what they ordered! How do I know! I hand picked and searched out each box! Doh!

There ya go! That’s what I look at every day! My pallet jack and box trolly. That oddly rarely ever moves from the spot I last put it!

It’s weird! Even if I take a right turn. It’s right there! Standing up, screaming come move me, I dare you!

Oh and I’ve stopped removing other peoples trash left behind in the truck I’m driving that day! I’m not your garbage man, nor is the next driver…..

Oh and…..

by RoachKiller

You can tell people who are not true Oregonians! In the 80’s and 90’s we ran around here wearing cotton long John’s under our shorts!

Now days we run around here wearing fancy running pants and shorts! It’s actually quite popular all up and down the west coast! Especially with the people who use to wear “ exposed “ long John’s….

Which by the way makes me think of the time I was in Alda ne back in the 90’s. The old lady who worked the ta said and I quote, “ us here in Nebraska wear our underwear under our clothes!” ROFLMAO!

Referring to me wearing shorts and long John’s! Still makes me giggle to this day…..

Matter of fact I stopped for a long time until I realized these running pants stop the leg cramps I get from sitting countless hours on drivers seats that are too short! You midgets who are also suffering from scoliosis or something with the air you have in the backs of the seats set to, wouldn’t understand! ROFLMAO!

I’m almost…..

by RoachKiller

A month into this local stuff! It’s ok! I’m already tired of the rain! Which is odd considering I’ve lived in the pnw my entire life! 🙂

Other than the fact yesterday I was told “ go grab this last drop and head home after that!” Then I get back to the dc. Put the truck and my gear away. Then am told, “ oh wait, we have one more drop going back to the exact same place you just left!”

So then I had to unpack the track and gear! Other than that extremely frustrating situation. It’s been pretty good!

I definitely would love to know my accuracy count! Other than that it’s the same ole same ole! Only difference is I sleep in my own bed every night! Shower in my own shower every day…..

Pay wise, welp that’s between me and me! 😉

Ya know…..

by RoachKiller

Yall are extremely lucky I’m an honest guy! Who has zero interest in fucking with you or your truck!

In this instance I easily could have had my way with you and your truck! Especially if you were one of the countless mindblowing stupid fucks who fucked with me over the years!

But I’m not and I know that you and yours are probably already receiving a royal ass fucking by karma and her friends…..

Besides, the chick working the register at that store was kinda hot…..

Oh and…..

by RoachKiller

The easiest way as a newbie to piss off the fleet? It’s simple, when your doing your pre trip and writing up all the major dings and dents on the slip seated truck your driving.

That pretty much will send a bunch of grown people into a tizzy….

Yet cya is built into my daily brain! I’ve also known that the only people who should be worried about a new hire are the ones who might have to step up there game….. we all know that really sends slacking old timers into a tizzy…..

Oh and the fact you took the recent inspection book out of the truck. Tells me you know nothing about truck driving….. especially if it was my write up you were trying to hide!

Cus the shit I’m writing up is the basic of the basic….. yall are the best of the best right? Then fucking act like it!

Oh and moms…..

by RoachKiller

What’s that toilet pill you put in the tank that keeps the toilets from turning brown?

I tried some purple ones the x left behind. They didn’t work! So what’s the majic toilet pill that fixes the issue?

That was…..

by RoachKiller

My day! Only a small river of tomato’s ran today! couldn’t find the back door on one place! My smarts truly shined this am! The door alarm uses the exact same key as the door! Hah!

Oh and had this shit scared out of my by a sleeping homeless chick! God damn she scared the fuck out of me!

Overall having a good time! A lot of box trolly today! I mean a lot……

I can’t believe…..

by RoachKiller

I did it! I had 1 stop that was like 7 stops deep that I had to arrive before 11:00! Somehow I did it! Even after getting on the freeway the wrong way and having to do 16 miles extra!

Actually had a blast, road camera only yelled at me once today! ( seams to be my average! 😉

Broke down and box trollied all those pallets! Oddly had a good day even though I am soaked and my rain jacket is inches away from me! 🙂

My main disadvantages in this game are, I don’t know any of the roads. Besides the main arteries and my home base….

I also have a big disadvantage in not knowing the secret handshakes at deliveries! Where to park, where the coolers are etc.

Overall I’m still having a fucking blast! I mean I did get to take a massive shit at a closed restaurant this am. With the bathroom door accidentally still open….. 🙂

I guarantee you didn’t do that this morning…..

I fucked around…..

by RoachKiller

And found out yesterday! Other than being super tired when I got home. I had another fun day!

Did the prison delivery! ( yes I’m the reason so many of your family members behind bars were fed yesterday! ) then that ended up being a super short day. So they had me do some local runs!

Dispatch told me the place I was going to was super tight even for a 28’ box! So I swapped trailers and grabbed a couple pallets off the dock and went.

I got there and that was beyond a super tight delivery. That was send a van type of tight! But since I was prewarned and found the proper way to get into this place the first time.

I decided to fuck around and find out! Lol! I’m still thinking like a sleeper cab and a 53’er! So I took the opportunity to see just how far I could take a double axle day cab with a 28’ box!

Welp it’s true! lol you can’t make that left turn even with a 28’ box! ROFLMAO! No I didn’t hit anything! I did however have to back out of that situation! ROFLMAO!

But for those who read this blog. Going down powell off of 205. Take the second entrance right. To the t in the drive. Go left and line up to back up to there dock! By doing that you set yourself up for an easy escape!

You can turn right and unload that way but the escape will be impossible if there is a car parked anywhere in that section!

Which then means you will have to back out of the alley…..

So yea, I literally fucked around and found out…..

What a day…..

by RoachKiller

I went to work in the dark! I came home in the dark! Everyone and I mean everyone wanted something from me today!

I’m like I’m new, I don’t know! 😉 take these back, put these over there! Hand trolly those in there…..

Had to break down 3 pallets and hand truck the shit out of like 5 pallets! The box trolly isn’t that big of deal! Yet breaking down pallets with multiple orders on them. Placed randomly through out is the time killer!

After all of that, the highlight of my day was. The broken cab antenna the truck I was driving. Finally broke off all the way and fell into the little hole in the side steps! A gazillion to one chance!

Yet it did and it was funny as fuck! Cus I didn’t catch it until about a mile from the dc…..

Atomic crisps rock!

So how was…..

by RoachKiller

My first solo run? ROFLMAO! Fine except they gave me the shittiest single axle in the fleet! A really nice trailer that the chain only falls off of the lift gate. Every other use! and a marker light that was pre ripped off the top….. ( I let that slide since there were amber marker lights on the reefer! )

Other than doing a run I was never trained on. So I didn’t know the secret handshake to unload. It went better than expected! No fountain of grape tomatoes rolling off the trailer! although I did have a couple squished boxes on the bottom of the pallet. Yet nothing abnormal!

Only lost 1 Roma tomato ( a really nice one too! ) and a few slices of shrooms!

Other than the fact I got super pissed off when I found out those in the county jail are getting dryers ice cream. ‘Twas a good day!

P.s. when throwing a heavy box on the box trolly. ( hand truck ) never put your face down by the box trolly! It so smacked me in the face, hard!

I almost screamed a curse word! 😉

First stop…..

by RoachKiller

Done on first solo run at the new company! Only 8 more stops to go! Woo hoo!

Asked the guy, “ so how did I do?” His exact words were! “ better than most!” 🙂

Not bad for 30 years OTR now doing local, with product I know nothing about. Huh? 😉

Omg so full…..

by RoachKiller

Everything except for the brussel sprout kit tuned out good!

Ham, smoked! potatoes, excellent! ( used white potatoes…. Better! Stuffing, killer! Next time I will have to chop up the shrooms, apples and pears into smaller bits! Really good!

Hope yall have just as good a meal!

This one is a….

by RoachKiller

Baerskin raincoat! Not as thick and nice as the $200 frogg togg but this one has a mesh liner!

The frogg is like a sweat box if you do a lot of physical activity! It’s really nice ta boot!

It’s the color I want so let’s see how it works over the next few workdays!

Fyi, this one is only $100….. I’m just worried about it ripping…..

Yes this is what I went to work in today…..